Gangnam

Today, I met Annie at Guro station and then we headed into Gangnam in Seoul. I had a bit of a culture shock seeing so many "foreigners" (there are a lot of EFL teachers living in Gangnam) and British/American shops (Lush, Body Shop, Accessorise, Starbucks, Maccy D's). We browsed around the shops - I love all the cosmetics shops and can spend hours looking at eyeshadows and lipsticks! I thought I would have real trouble finding foundation and powder to suit my skintone, but no problems so far as many Korean women have pale skin anyway (just a different tone, ie yellow toned as opposed to pink toned like me). L'oreal stock the shade I usually use anyway.

After we were shopped out, we headed off the main street to find somewhere to eat and ended up at a steamed chicken restaurant. We had the Korean version of a Sunday roast - chicken with postatoes and other veg in a spicy gravy. It was delicious!

It seems you can find an Irish pub wherever you are in the world....